JRR Tolkien may have diminished to the West, but he remains Galadriel. Now, 275 years after his death, a new Middle Earth book, written by JRR himself, is coming out. I like to imagine L Ron Hubbard and VC Andrews welcoming the old man into the Posthumous Authors Club together. The book will be The … Continue reading
What if God and the Devil came to Earth and wooed a woman? That’s the premise of God, the Devil and Lucy, wherein Yaweh and Lucifer get tired of duking it out for human souls and decide that whoever can land Lucy will be declared the winner. The only rule is that they have to … Continue reading
Just when you thought your expectations for Death Sentence, the new Kevin Bacon starring film directed by Saw “mastermind” James Wan, couldn’t get any lower, they go and cast Aisha Tyler as a 50-year old man.The film is based on the book of the same name by Brian Garfield, the guy who wrote the mostly … Continue reading
CHUD.com is again ahead of the curve. Back in June I sat down with director Nick Jarecki to talk about his fascinating film portrait of director James Toback, The Outsider. In that interview, Nick spilled the beans on his next project: Q: You have the book and the documentary. Do you have another project lined … Continue reading
Last week George Clooney used his movie star fame and good looks to get a meeting with the folks at the UN, hoping to make them pay attention to the genocide in Darfur. Now that he’s solved that problem, George is heading back to the director’s chair for Leatherheads, a romantic comedy set against the … Continue reading
It seems like Zak Penn’s The Grand has been in the works forever, so long ago that the set visit was conducted by former CHUD editor Dave Davis as well as our current SEE THE TRAILER!
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Gridiron Gang $15,000,000 $15,000,000 1 2 The Black Dahlia $10,362,000 $10,362,000 1 3 Everyone’s Hero $6,150,000 $6,150,000 1 4 The Last Kiss $4,702,000 $4,702,000 1 5 The Covenant $4,700,000 $15,714,000 2 6 Invincible $3,904,000 $50,911,000 4 7 The Illusionist $3,751,000 $23,254,000 5 8 Little Miss Sunshine $3,350,000 … Continue reading
Russ’s 2005 coverage.Russ’s 2004 coverage. Do you think the disconnect between audience and critic is not as large as advertised? Do you want to see the deepest and most unique collection of films to play in North America in a given year? Or maybe you just want to pay twenty bucks (Canadian, which is now … Continue reading
I know next to nothing about Eragon other than the fact it was probably called Dragon and its precocious author accidentally hit "E" and history was made. Christopher Paolini was 15 years old when he started the book which inspired the upcoming Fox fantasy flick, so I guess he gets a pass on some factors. … Continue reading
Instead of just bumping the one article for the CHUD Podcast, I’m going to give each installment their own so that we can build this thing up a little better and keep it fresh. Of course fresh isn’t exactly on the menu with these shows due to the meandering craziness of them, but you get … Continue reading